Animation as a weapon against SKEPTICISM / Animacija kot orožje proti SKEPTICIZMU
CHINTI / ЧИНТИ /
Chinti / Чинти
Natalia Mirzoyan (Peterburg studio)
2012, RUS, 8’16”
When a tiny ant finds a picture of the Taj Mahal, she immediately falls in love with the magnificent building, and decides to build her own Taj Mahal.
Ko drobna mravljica najde sliko Tadž Mahala, je takoj zaljubljena v to čudovito stavbo in odloči se zgraditi svoj Tadž Mahal.
Script: Natalia Mirzoyan
Production: Ilya Popov
Camera: Natalia Mirzoyan
Sound Design: Igor Yakovel
Music: Sergey Vasiliev, Marina Landa
Animation: Natalia Mirzoyan
Editing: Natalia Mirzoyan
Natalia Mirzoyan
Born in Armenia in 1982, she is a graduate of the H. Danielyan Art School and also has a degree in sociology from the University of Yerevan. In addition, she studied graphics at the St. Petersburg Institute for Decorative and Applied Art. She has worked at the Petersburg Animation Studio since 2004, where she participated in directing and animating the children’s series Smeshariki and Kingdom M. In addition to this, Natalia Mirzoyan works as an independent film-maker. Her film Chinti (2012) was screened at the Annecy Animation Film Festival and at the Berlinale. It won numerous awards, including the Audience Award at the Fantoche Festival and the Special Jury Prize in Hiroshima. Her most recent film, Five Minutes to Sea (2018), celebrated its premiere last year at Fantoche and was subsequently screened at more than 90 film festivals, including the festival in Annecy in 2019, and won around 30 awards. https://vimeo.com/nataliamirzoyan/about